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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336001380
Marrama Elementary School
19100 EAST 40TH AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80249 · (720) 424-5820 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
468 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
12.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 12.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 18.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Marrama Elementary School
Marrama Elementary School's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marrama Elementary School this school | 547 | 85.6% | 18.6% |
| Place Bridge Academy DENVER | 824 | 85.2% | 13.0% |
| Iowa Elementary School AURORA | 502 | 81.1% | 13.4% |
| Green Valley Elementary School DENVER | 714 | 81.8% | 21.0% |
| KIPP Northeast Elementary DENVER | 495 | 75.8% | 21.3% |
| Samuels Elementary School DENVER | 532 | 86.5% | 28.2% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Marrama Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #789 of 931 | #67 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #851 of 940 ▼ 124 | #86 of 108 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #871 of 946 ▼ 43 | #88 of 109 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #164 of 1,056 | #26 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #518 of 896 | #64 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #157 of 896 | #25 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #86 of 983 | #37 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #151 of 200 | #31 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
547
+54 (+11%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 547 | 34.4 | 15.9:1 | 86% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 28.5 | 17.8:1 | 87% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 30.7 | 15.5:1 | 91% (432) |
| 2020-21 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 83% (408) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 34.8 | 15.1:1 | 84% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 80% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 80% (440) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 28 | 20.0:1 | 31% (176) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marrama Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (524 to 547); teachers down 1% (34.8 to 34.4).
About Marrama Elementary School
Marrama Elementary School is an elementary school located in DENVER, Colorado, in Denver County. Enrollment is 547 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students, so this school is 44% bigger than average.
Within Denver Public Schools, Marrama Elementary School is one of 198 schools. The district enrolls 90,471 students.
At Marrama Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 56% of the student body. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 10% Asian, 5% White, and 4% Pacific Islander. Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. Eligible students account for 86% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 63% for public schools in Denver County.
The allk12 Grade for Marrama Elementary School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Marrama Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 14.8%. Marrama Elementary School scores 18.6%, 3.8 points above that line.
According to the American Community Survey, in Denver County, the median household income is $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 206 public schools in Denver County, enrolling about 91,233 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 19.3%; Marrama Elementary School's is 18.6%, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment gain, from 493 in 2020-21 to 547 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.0:1 to 15.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Marrama Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College0.6 mi · 1,027
- Green Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 714
- KIPP Northeast Elementary0.9 mi · 495
- KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School0.9 mi · 464
- Omar D Blair Charter School1.0 mi · 783
- Sandra Todd-Williams Academy1.0 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Marrama Elementary SchoolHow large is Marrama Elementary School?
Marrama Elementary School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-05.
Is Marrama Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Marrama Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Marrama Elementary School have?
Marrama Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Marrama Elementary School?
Student demographics at Marrama Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 56% Hispanic, 22% Black, 10% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Marrama Elementary School in?
Marrama Elementary School is part of Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.